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Irian Jaya: Corona and Corolla touge monsters

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On the day of arrival I took a small stroll around the hotel area and encountered these two touge monsters!
Toyota Corona T120 and Corolla KE35 touge monsters
Toyota Corona T120 and Corolla KE35 touge monsters

On the left a Corona T120 sedan with ... rims and on the right a two door Corolla KE35 on RS Waranabe rims with a bit more wild modifications than the Corona.

I had the pleasure of seeing the Corolla pass by for work on another morning stroll and its raspy exhaust noise was as enjoyable as the looks of it.
Click here to see the Corona up close!


Ugly duckling to swan (Skyline HR30)

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It is always nice to see how a car progresses in time, especially if the car transforms from an ugly duckling to a swan like this Skyline R30 owned by Zeki did back in the mid nineties:
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo
From Skyline HR30 to RS Turbo

You'd probably say it is nothing special and just a bone stock RS Turbo on a set of SSR Hiro V1-R wheels.

Well, consider that the car started out as this bone stock Skyline HR30:
Click here to see the magical transformation!


Carina Sightings: Red shakotan Carina AA63

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What would look better than a pink shakotan Carina AA63? A red shakotan Carina AA63!
Red shakotan Carina AA63
Red shakotan Carina AA63

This one is even lower than the pink one and it features clear headlights, fender flares and deeeeeep dished rims!

On the rear we find even wider fender flares and a tsurikawa:
Click here to see the tsurikawa picture!


Japanese rustoseums (part twentynine)

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Imagine getting a tip to collect two unused 80s Nissan Skylines and when arriving at the spot you find this to be parked between the bushes:
Nissan Skyline R30 drag racer rustoseum
Nissan Skyline R30 drag racer rustoseum

An 90s drag race monster based upon a Skyline DR30!

The hood is a lightweight FRP bonnet by Rebic, headlights have been replaced for dummy items and the front wheels are a set of lightweight Wats.
Click here to see more pictures and the other Skyline

Carina Sightings: AA63 drift missile

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I found a Carina GT-R bargain on auctions yahoo: it has many modifications, RS Watanabe and Hayashi Street rims and only costs 70000 yen!
Carina AA63 drift missile
Carina AA63 drift missile

From this side it looks quite okay...

But from this angle:
Click here to see additional pictures and the auction link!